William Shakespeare Quotes
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A king of infinite space
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I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.
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I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.
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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
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Care for us! True, indeed! They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and there's all the love they bear us.
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If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.
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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
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And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And asleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me must be heard of, say, I taught thee.
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The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
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Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
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Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger.
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Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding they brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
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And sleep, that sometime shuts up sorrow's eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company.
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I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise.
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And thence from Athens turn away our eyes To seek new friends and stranger companies.
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My salad days, When I was green in judgment.
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A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.
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Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled. Be not disturbed with my infirmity.
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Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.
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When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
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Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?
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It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.
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Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more.